
Why am I seeing videos with fake doctors on social media?
Watch the video and better understand what coordinated inauthentic behaviour on the internet is.
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) is a new hybrid threat to political systems in liberal democracies. Using legal tools, foreign actors using FIMI attempt to undermine trust in institutions and manipulate public opinion in order to achieve change in the domestic political environment.
This resource center is intended to help researchers, decision-makers, public officials, and citizens understand the challenges posed by FIMI, more easily recognize potential attacks, and provide a basis for their further analysis.

Watch the video and better understand what coordinated inauthentic behaviour on the internet is.

Hypothetical example of a foreign manipulative operation aimed at influencing public discourse in a candidate country for membership of the European Union.

Accounts that spread false information, usually don’t post a rectification, but just remove their content. With these tools we can prove they posted disinformation.

Watch the video and learn more about the purpose behind TikTok challenges.

OSINT tools for journalists.

Find out in the video how something can be true, yet still be used to manipulate you.
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This website was developed within the project “TRACE: Tracking, Exposing, and Countering Hidden Foreign Manipulations and Interferences”, which is implemented by the Institute of Communication Studies. The project is funded by the Government of the United Kingdom, with the support of the British Embassy in Skopje. The views and opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the position or the opinions of the UK Government. All content is Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0) and is free for redistribution by following certain guidelines. |